As for me, I am most impressed by Everett's truly scientific attitude and approach to life. Unlike most people (including scientists, who are often just as irrational and subjective as anyone else), Everett seems really committed to studying the truth and accepting what the evidence tells him. In the face of the Piraha Indians' indifference to the Bible and their joyous way of living life, Everett concluded that they didn't need to be saved, because they weren't deficient or flawed in the Christian sense of the terms. The missionary-turned-researcher eventually became an atheist himself, convinced by the Piraha approach to life. Likewise, Everett went from being a Chomskyan linguist to questioning the very basis of Chomsky's theories. Again, when he found evidence that went against his prior understanding or dogmas, Everett accepted the evidence and changed his thinking. This is rare and admirable.